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(Ccudnued front Paw .1)
Heather decide4 against ar
formai dining MM. The •
.15iaring waU betwecniritchert
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fortable shape and large
capacity are irreplaeeable.)
- A -left-hand tarn at the top
of the stairs brings you to a
landing where tyve 'graceful
•a beau
oidgarage •in *former home
and have been Keisling it
around .for, five years" Mrs.
1144$
washer and dryer sit
Most the dirO,' antbes
originate", Heather saya.
Sins Hardware did ail
Plumbing and rewiring,
"They werkeii- under
duress", MtS, Rs S SaYS •
admiringlY. Two water pipes
were taken out •0 a bearing
wall, bathtubs were Moved,
And new plumbing installed
as unobtresively 0 Possible,
She added that the plumbing
inspecter was,impressed thA
all Welt Was done not 0.1
bare minimum, but 0, the
highest standards. '
The master bedroom is
papered with Schumacher
paper, ordered IQcally. ft ts a
reproduCtion of a ' stencil
design that was popular in
New grtgland years ar•
Neather States that it is "not
terriblY exPenshre", • IS.
wider than the usual,paper.
She had tn Use thetatittUtt a'S
wallpaper trogli, and then,
,dash, madly into the bedroom
tO appbribe PaPer,, (She alSo
Papered tbe upper and lower
balls with one helper. This
was gllite a. feat, AS there is a
drOP of uPto 26 around the
WINDOW SEAT
Mrs, ROSS had the
carpeutcra'Oauge the door
(cbonued on Page 3.)
1 -leather Ross :sits, on the bedroom window seat that wasbconstructecl
where'there used t� be a doorway.
• • - •
removed and a rustic beam' chairs frame a b utifuiA
from an oldbarn used: as a stained glass • W,
header; the old pantry -was glowing golden in the ligh
tont •out and the stairs to the •"I found that windovv in the
•
..basement 'Closed in A lovely, . .
pine table and chairs ,deter-
mined the composition of the
• cupboards. Seaforth Kitchen
Centre supplied birch , cup •
-
• boards with pine doors. The
• cupboard turns at a right
angleAto the dining area, to
act .as server,- bar, and en-
closed china cabinet: The
• entire counter top and back• -
board are covered with at-
tractive brieklike tiles. Mrs.
.Ross and' the carpenters did
• die tiling, and I -leather did
• the grouting. By supplying
• the labour, she discovered
-that the tiles cost the same as
an arborite counter would
have',' and are much more
suited to the 'country °
kitchen" .rnotif.
PINE BREAD BOX ••
•breadbox, a gift
from her father, and an
unusual pine clock made by,
lier'sister blend perfectly into.
• their setting. The only visible
; modern touch is the track
lighting, with five units to
• illumine the desired areas in
the kitchen:
From the foyer, a gra, eeft.t,1
• curved. stairway complete
with solid cherry bannister
beckons one upstairs: To the
right • IS • the smaller
bathroom, reached . by an
additonaLlittle flight of.stairs
• that '• were only uncovered
• when •a closet 'was torn out.
• The removal of a medicine
chest:** in this bathroom
revealed a ,charrning interior
window looking through to
the upstairsden. New toilets.
and vanities were installed in
' both—second----storey
bathrooms but the big Old-
.
- fashioned claw-foof bathtubs
were retained.. (Their corn
s e by side in • tfie
st‘i nY` children's bathroom
•"I nd an upstairs- laundry"'
is .because ttiat's where
iala'civi on thee top quality
asphalt sh!pg
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investment.
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last.
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